For more than a decade, Americans
have shown a growing interest in wellness, fostering health from
within. Many have stopped smoking, started exercising, and are
eating healthy foods. What may have started with campaigns to
prevent heart disease and lung cancer has become a change in
American attitudes toward health care. While personal intervention
enhances quality of life, it also reduces the likelihood of needing
high-tech, costly, and invasive treatments. Many want empowerment in
their health care, choosing practitioners who listen and care about
their feelings. These people prefer patient-centered, low-tech
health care, with a conservative approach to drugs and surgery. The
emphasis is shifting from curing disease to preventing it in the
first place.

The Healer WithinA Division of the A. T. Still University
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